| Show STAKE CON conferences CONF FRENCES bear lake stake to the editor the quarterly conference of this otake was held at paris on the and last present on the stand were elder cowley of the apostles and elder H roberts of the first council of seventies Bev enties as visitors the presidency of the stake the bishops and other leading elders the services on saturday consisted of reports by the bishops of the condition of their wards which were interspersed with remarks tty by elder williaml william L rich of the stake presidency and elder M F cowley of 0 we e apostles the eleventh sixth and one hundred and fourteenth quorums of seventy were reported by their respective presidents counslor james H hart and eidet ia B H roberts also spoke the farmei ye porting the condition of the bear ake stake which aich was represented an ab progressive pe ss ive and the latter setting corb the gradual development of the organization of the church of christ on sunday elder james E hart reported his labors connected with the mutual improvement cause he spoke pk tee pe efficient helt belt accorded him and the ratifying gratifying results a large increase ot of members and a happy and hearty cooperation of all the officers and mem bf bider george humphreys reported efto two years labor as a missionary to england he testified that hr power and blessing of god bad attended him the elders with whom he labored were faithful in observing the word of wisdom which had b its influence tor for good he had distributed between and tracts held many conversations on the i Gospel he heartily enjoyed his laurs as a missionary rider elder M F cowley read from the petrine and covenants he that r to sl and does not learn his auty shall not be accounted worthy to hhand dwelling for home bome lengst upon alia ij subject he referred to the appear aach of john the baptist to joseph etith and oliver cowdery and the conferring of the priesthood the he yet potency of contrasted with that of some of the elders who often lengthen out an ordination to a patriarchal blessing at the afternoon session elder J K P shepard presented the general authorities thor itle ties of the church and state authorities tho ritie ties all whom were sustained ned by vote elder heber C kaesch superintendent of religion classes said the superintendent in and instructors were devoted to the work and much good was being done elder andrew johnson returned missionary sio nary te reported ported ats labors and testified that the blessing of god had been with him and he rejoiced greatly to his service elder william budge said he took great creat pleasure in his labors in the midst of the people there are a number of young men who are not tithe payers it U their duty to give this important their earnest consideration livery one who controls their own means should pay their tithing elder B H roberts occupied the remainder raA luder of the time speaking upon the advantages of a true education and encouraged all to heartily support the building committee of the stake academy elder budge asked gods blessingto blessing to root reat upon his servants who had administered to us ua during the conference and ad u upon pon all the latter day saints closed C 0 ed one of the best confer oan va T held in this F stake rake the at I 1 ce was good throughout not withstanding the bad condition of at the roads T MINSON clerk st johns jobus stake the quarterly conference of the st johns stake of zion was held at st johns with a larger attendance than heretofore from feb to the inclusive elders J H smith and J W taylor of the apostles were present and gave much instruction to the saints in relation to their duties and expounded the principles of the gospel to young and old reports showed the stake to be in a prosperous condition especial mention was made that the missionaries who have been traveling among the people yere doing good A sunday school conference was held on the ath of march at the same place with an excellent att attendance elMance assistant general superintendent karl G maeser was present and instructed sunday school laborers of the wishes of the general sunday school and in methods of instructing classes sister cornelia horne home clayton wr was s here during these conferences in the interest of the Y L M I 1 A and her labors were highly appreciated J N HEYWOOD stake clerk Marl copa stake mesa city arizona march 24 1824 to the editor the regular quarterly conference of the maricola maricopa Mari Mar copa leopa stake was held sunday and monday march 20 and 21 pres ent on the stand were the presidency and local authorities of the stake the reports from the watchmen on the walls of zion show that all is well gehad very interesting and profitable conference with a a large attendance through the entire econ ference sister cornelia home clayton from provo city has ha been vi alting the various wards of this stake during the past week in behalf of the young ladies journal she gave an am interesting and instructive lecture to the young men end and young ladles ladies on sunday evening of the conference which was large ly attended J M COSBY stake clerk st george stake to the editor saturday morning march 12 the relief societies of the stake began their conference under their stake president ann C woodbury and her counselors elder abraham 0 woodruff of the council of the apostles apostle I 1 elder seymour 13 young of the first first council of seventies prest daniel D mcarthur of the st george stake and his second counselor erastus bi snow and other brethren met with the sisters and on invitation addressed those assembled encouraging and blessing them in their labor of love the sisters continued their conference in the afternoon without the presence of any of the brethren because the latter were engaged in the priesthood meeting of the stake under the presidency of elder D D mcarthur and his counselors the usual interests of the stake were reported and treated upon and a circular letter from the presidency and high council to the bishops and off officers leers and members of the wards composing the wards of the stake was read and approved because of the infirmity of our ven erable and falth faithful ful brother elder william fawcett president of the high of st george stake of thirty six years he was honorably released 1 lite his trot first counslor counselor elder eloer charles vr was elected to preside over the quorum and borge woo woodward and george ir jarvis jarvia as aa his counselors after this and other was wa tt ipA posed of elder seymour B spoke highly complimentary of the ra ports and proceedings of the meeting and concluded by delivering an tive address on sanitary measures tobe observed in this naturally healthy climate I 1 I 1 elder woodruff followed on the order of the quorums of the priesthood and on the duty of the presidency dupy of the stake and other officers to see that the various quorums were kept in aal w organized condition and in active exercise sunday morning following a short session of the sunday school which was addressed by elders woodruff fr and seymour B young the regular quarterly stake conference began its sessions with an unusually large attendance after preliminary remarks by elder mcarthur together with a brief report of the stake elder young discoursed on the faith and doctrines of the church of christ as entertained bained by latter day saints morning meeting concluded by elder john R terrys report of his twenty seven months recent labors in the missionary field sunday afternoon the sacrament was administered and the general and aaa stake authorities of the church were presented and unanimously sustained elder woodruff lafter after making a few remarks called upon elder samuel knight to relate some gome of his experience and observation when in nauvoo IU ill in august 1844 brother knight said he was at the meeting where sidney rigdon set up his claim to be guardian of the church after the martyrdom of the prophet joseph and patriarch hyrum brother knight testified that on that occasion he was waa an ear ea and an eye witness that the mantle of joseph as leader of the church fell fed upon brigham young elder woodruff resumed his hie addre adm but when it was waa reported to him that tat there were others in the cop congregation e 11 who could testify to the sat same branit formation for matlon of voice and ana features of brigham young into those of cne then recently martyred marty red prophet joseph jesep ho he called upon such as could festl testify to the same fact to manifest it twenty two men and women stood up ull till they were counted the speaker then continued his address by reading president wilford woodruffs testimony to the same manifestation as set forth in robertas succession to the friet hood meeting concluded by heber jolley jr reporting in an interesting manner his missionary labors labom monday morning elder david H N cannon president of st george temple spoke on the temporal condition and duties of the people composing the stake elder erastus B snow followed on the same subjects bishop jeter snow of pine valley gave a direct and comprehensive report of his ward he was followed by br bishop james andrus of st george ward bishop john G hafen of santa clara ward and bishop james M ballard of grafton ward elder woodruff concluded by remarks on the benefits resulting from sustaining home industries and on the advantages of young men devoting their labors to agriculture horticulture and manufacturing pursuits instead of their going to mining camps to work monday afternoon meeting was addressed by elder T R reeves reates returned missionary of virgen vargen city and el elder A er john T stout of ik Bocky lUe also ajao returned missionary I 1 theae ww followed by older elder symour B M TM 16 advocating the careful train training 11 T our children and young people elder woodruff resumed the dubet of home industries by speaking ou 0 th tb production of silk milk and a nd its manufacture also of leather he expressed ma Va satisfaction with the reports and proceedings of this conference and of the good work of the choir under its it talented leader after the singing of the anthem the lord la Is my shepherd elder woodruff gave the parting benediction blessing the people their lands and springs of water their homes flocks herds and substance thus ended one of the best spirited and largest conferences we have had since st george became a city JAMES G BLEAK stake clerk ward conference conf at st david st david arizona march 30 1898 to the editor editor we have just had a visit from elder andrew kimball of the presidency of the st joseph stake with his second counselor charles M layton and sister bister cornelia horne home clayton from utah who to is traveling in the interest inhere at of the young ladies of zion their visit was highly appreciated her and every one onel hated to see them leave they arrived here on sunday morning march 27 1898 in the morning they visited the sunday school and after the usual exercises they spoke very encouragingly to the children and the officers of the sunday school were pleased to see us progressing so rapidly and to be up with ith the rest of the schools in the stake in our studies I 1 at 1 I p m the house was crowded to its utmost capacity after the opening exercises elder kimball spoke to the saints on various subjects especially on prayer following him was elder layton who stated that it was intended to start a normal to in the academy and encouraged the saints to send their children there to obtain a good education sister daytow day Clay toi tM then upon the benefit derived spiritually fro fasting and prayer she also algo spoke very highly of the saints anthe in the st dallek da vis ward sald said she keevy they were all striving to do right and keep the commandments of sod at 7 p m the saints met with the young men after the opening exercises and the different lessons were given the saints list listened eneO to words of truth and righteousness from elder kimball and elder layton and sister clayton until 1030 10 80 p tn when all went home feeling they had been greatly blessed monday morn morning ing at 10 ft a m binders kimball and layton met with the be priesthood in the tithing house and aad stator clayton me met A with the sisters of the ward at the home of sister A goodman to be instructed tn in the things pertaining to our offices and callings after all business matters had bad been settled tn in our priesthood meeting elder kimball spoke the power of the priesthood all tile the then joined tn in prayer and never was such a humble and forgiving feeling felt in our midst before at I 1 p m the saints met inet at tm the house to be instructed by our brO brethren thren and sisters the heads of the different organizations spoke tn in the lA terest of the various organizations slater sister clayton followed exhorting ell to live their religion and not shirk from the responsibilities which are placed upon Us come what may elder kemball spoke upon showing respect for the dead and on the law of tithing elders ij bayton made some remarks in to the academy at p m the saints were dismissed aad a number of war our young sisters assembled at the home of siar sister A So Go odman where sister clavton claaton gave them atheni a blesma each eacer thirty eight in all at 7 p m all met again at the tithing hou housein seln a social gathering and farewell party the evening was sant in singing recitations and music elder kimball Kimba 11 also giving us a lecture by diagrams on the blackboard he also gave a lecture on the power of the priesthood illustrating by diagrams of the human body and a tree at 1030 p m all said goad bye to our esteemed visitors and they were driven to benson where elder kimball and sister clayton took the train for salt lake city elder layton layfon returning to his home in thatcher graham county arizona their visit will never be forgotten by the saints here for never was such a spirit of unity love and righteousness manifested in our midst everybody seems to have made a resolution to live nearer to god and keep his commandments mand ments EDW T LOFGREEN ward clerk |
